别 bié▶ no

Stroke order

别 is written in 7 strokes.

• 别

Example sentences

• 别去那儿。Bié qù nàr.Do not go there.
• 别和它一起玩。Bié hé tā yīqǐ wán.Do not play with it.
• 别说话。Bié shuōhuà.Do not speak.
• 别吃那个。Bié chī nà gè.Do not eat that.

Related words

• 别人Otros
• 特别Especialmente
• 区别Diferencia
• 性别Género
• 个别individual
• 分别parte

别 is pronounced bié and means “no”. It belongs to the HSK 2 vocabulary, one of the six bands of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, China’s official Chinese proficiency exam. Recognising 别 on a page and producing it in conversation are different skills, and only the second holds up when someone is waiting for an answer — so LexiTrail brings it back just as your memory of it starts to fade, not on a fixed weekly rota.